“The aesthetically appealing eyebrow shape has been defined by its arch, located near the junction between the medial two-thirds and lateral one-third. The position of this arch has been historically described by arbitrary anatomical landmarks that have no logical structural relationship.” These observations feature in the latest eyebrow-related research from Dr. Bradon Wilhelmi, the Leonard […]
Month: July 2010
Kill or cure? (What’s in The Mail)
Help to make sense of the Daily Mail’s ongoing effort to classify every inanimate object into those that cause cancer and those that prevent it. So writes Paul Battley, who compiled a long list. (Thanks to Metafilter for bringing this to our attention.)
Early computer-based analysis of scifi
In 1977, William Sims Bainbridge and Murray M. Dalziel wrote “New Maps of Science Fiction.” Published in Analog Yearbook [1977, pp. 277-99], it was one of the first carefully done computer-based social sciencey analyses of science fiction. The essay says (among other things): Our computer has generated many more maps of science fiction, enough for […]
A theoretical poli-sci policy approach to zombies
For those with a theoretical interest in zombies, investigator Mark Siegel recommends Daniel Drezner’s essay in the July/August 2010 issue of the journal Foreign Policy. Siegel says a colleague of his, Doug Edwards, says: “At last, a well-reasoned treatise on the potential effects of a zombie invasion on international politics.” Say what you will, the […]